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by Lord Willia Taylour  Synopsis Studies the distinctive culture of the Mycenaeans, examining the architectural, engineering and artistic achievements of this civilization which dominated the pre-Classical era of Greek history.... (read more)  List Price $18.95 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
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by Robert B Jackson Publisher Comments When Egypt became a province of the Roman Empire in 30 B.C. after the deaths of Antony and Cleopatra, its vast and mysterious frontier lands had an important impact on the commerce, politics, and culture of the empire. This engrossing book -- part... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price $13.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Toby Wilkinson Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-204) and index.... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $14.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Recinos Goet Morley Publisher Comments This is the first complete version in English of the "Book of the People" of the Quiche Maya, the most powerful nation of the Guatemalan highlands in pre-Conquest times and a branch of the ancient Maya, whose remarkable civilization in pre-Columbian... (read more) Your price $7.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Colin Renfrew Publisher Comments An abridged version of the bestselling textbook on what archaeologists do and how they do it. <BR>This new volume has all the authority of Colin Renfrew and Paul Bahn's groundbreaking guide to all aspects of archaeology, but it has been carefully... (read more) List Price $52.25 Your price $25.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Thomas D Dillehay Publisher Comments Who were the first Americans? Where did they come from, when did they get here, and how did they settle the Americas? Until three years ago, the “Clovis” people were credited as the pioneers, arriving across the Bering land bridge at the end... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price $10.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by James Chatters Publisher Comments In 1996, two young men found a skeleton along the Columbia River near Kennewick, Washington. "Kennewick Man," as he became known, was brought to forensic anthropologist Jim Chatters, who was astonished when tests revealed the skeleton to be nearly 9,500... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $4.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Jeffrey M Mitchem Publisher Comments Following an introduction that overviews and updates research on sites reported by Moore in west Florida, this volume reproduces and discusses 13 of his archaeological papers. The first three describe his work in central and northeast Florida, and the... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price $12.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Kenneth R Wright Publisher Comments When Kenneth Wright went hiking through Mesa Verde National Park with his wife, he didn't expect to be pulled into a research project on ancient waterworks. But he was. It started with a structure called the Morefield Mound. The use of this structure had... (read more) List Price $17.50 Your price $9.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Jean Vercoutter Publisher Comments Well-written, loaded with information, and with a rich assortment of illustrations, each Discoveries "RM" volume is a look at one facet of art, archaeology, music, history, philosophy, popular culture, science, or nature. These innovatively designed... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price $4.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Ian Mcmahan Publisher Comments Mankind's fascination with Ancient Egypt has never waned in fifty centuries.The magnificent Pyramids, colossal temples and brooding sphinx still awe and enthrall us.Now you can explore all the secrets of one of the world's first and most mysterious... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price $2.13 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Andrew Jones Publisher Comments Considers the divide between ???scientific??? and ???theoretical??? archaeology, and suggests that they are not necessarily conflicting.... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by E A Wallis Budge Publisher Comments Fascinating account of great linguistic detective story -- discovery of Stone, history of the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphics; work of Young, Champollion, other scholars; much more. 23 photographs. Bibliography.... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Mary Beard Publisher Comments At once an entrancing cultural history and a congenial guide for tourists, armchair travelers, and amateur archaeologists alike, this book takes readers through the storied past and towering present of the most famous building in the world. 35... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $12.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Christine Hobson Publisher Comments Here is an essential book for anyone intrigued by the ancient land of the pyramids. It offers not only a comprehensive record of civilization along the Nile, but also an in-depth account of the growth of Eqyptian archaeology from its beginnings. 184... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $3.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Joyce Tyldesley Publisher Comments Follows the history of mummification in Egypt from the dynastic age to the present day, including a consideration of the mummy in modern popular culture (films and literature) and a discussion of modern scientific mummy analysis.... (read more) Your price $6.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Rosalie F Baker Publisher Comments The ultimate who's who of ancient Egypt, Ancient Egyptians is an engaging look at the ancient world through its important leaders. Included are biographies of: * The magnificent Imhotep, who set the standard for pyramid-building * Nefertiti, the... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price $15.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Thomas Patterson Publisher Comments This book offers a most readable synthesis of archaeological and historical evidence about the formation and development of the Inca state and its disintegration under the impact of the devastating civil war which accompanied the arrival of the Spaniards... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Lesley Adkins Publisher Comments When Napoleon invaded Egypt in 1798, his troops and scientists were astonished to discover ancient temples, tombs, and statues, all covered with strange markings-the last remnants of a language lost in time. After the Rosetta Stone was uncovered... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Miranda J Green Publisher Comments "The Celtic World" is a detailed and comprehensive study of the Celts from the first evidence of them in the archaeological and historical record to the early post-Roman period. The strength of this volume lies in its breadth--it looks at archaeology... (read more) Your price $70.00 (Used - Slipcase) check for new and sale copies
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